bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí

Navajo

Etymology

From bee (“with it”) + ídaʼneelʼąąh (“plural things are measured”) +‎ -í (nominalizer)

Noun

bee ídaʼneelʼąąhí

1. ruler
2. yardstick
3. tape measure

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 163.